My neighbor had a three way bypass and was sent home on Amiodarone to regulate his heartbeats. He developed a cough and shortness of breath and his primary was going to put him on antibiotics---the pharmacist said that would kill him! I looked the drug up on the internet and the cough and shortness of breath are side effects of the drug. Then I find out there is iodine in the drug, and he is allergic to iodine! The surgeon, the cardiologist and the PCP---none of them had a clue. grrrrrr!

Diana,
My neighbor confronted his pharmacist, too. The pharmacist didn't even know there was iodine in the Amiodarone! I'm nobody and I read it on the computer. We're all doomed.
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